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My lappy has bitten the dust, and I'm in the market for a laptop. I'm thinking about going Thinkpad.

I only plan on this being for web browsing, text editing, coding, etc. Any gaming is done on my desktop.

What would be a good Thinkpad model? I do t mind getting an older/refurbished one. Haven't been on the laptop market in nearly 8 years, so I don't know what to look for anymore

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[–] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 43 points 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

This will be high on my list when I upgrade next. If you know your OS will be Linux I say it's a waste of time and energy to get a laptop that doesn't come loaded with it. I'm sure 90% of my laptop woes are due to poor support and optimization for Linux.

[–] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 9 points 9 months ago

Still, you can pry Linux from my cold dead hands.

I'll be a homesteading hermit living off grid in the bush before I install Windows on a personal PC.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

If you order it now you only have to wait til April!

(yes I'm on the wait list)